1. Which man established Fort Crevecoeur, the first European structure in Illinois?
A. Louis Jolliet
B. Father Jacques Marquette
C. General Thomas Gage
D. Robert Cavalier, sieur de La Salle

2. The creation of new railroad lines in the 1850's affected Chicago by:
A. Making it the economic center of the Midwest.
B. Strengthening the tie between Chicago and the South.
C. Transferring economic power from Chicago to St. Louis.
D. Lowering the population of Chicago due to westward Migration of its citizens.

3. Read Article 6 from the Illinois State Constitution of 1818 and then answer the question that follows.

Sect. 1. Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall hereafter be introduced into this state otherwise than for the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; nor shall any male person arrived at the age of eighteen years be held to serve any person as a servant under any indenture hereafter made, unless such person shall enter into such indenture while in a state of perfect freedom, and on condition of a bona fide consideration received or to be received for their service. Nor shall any indenture of any Negro or mulatto hereafter made and executed out of this state, or if made in this state, where the term of service exceeds one year, be of the least validity except those given in cases of apprenticeship.

Sect. 2. No person bound to labor in any other state shall be hired to labor in this state, except within the tract reserved for the salt works near Shawnee-town; nor even at that place for a longer period than one year at any one time: nor shall it be allowed thereafter the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five: any violation of this article shall effect the emancipation of such person from his obligation to service.

Sect. 3. Each and every person who has been bound to service by contract or indenture in virtue of the laws of the Illinois Territory heretofore existing, and in conformity to the provisions of the same, without fraud or collusion, shall be held to a specific performance of their contracts or indentures; and such negroes and mulattos as have been registered in conformity with the aforesaid laws, shall serve out the time appointed by said laws; Provided however that the children hereafter born of such persons, negroes or mulattos shall become free, the males at the age of twenty one years, the females at the age of eighteen years. Each and every child born of indentured parents shall be entered with the clerk of the county in which they reside by their owners within six months.

Which of the following best explains the meaning of Article VI of the Illinois Constitution of 1818?
A. Illinois would be a free state in which no slavery would be allowed and all existing forms of slavery would be eliminated.
B. Illinois would not allow new slaves to come into the state but would allow current slave holders to keep their slaves though the children of the slaves would become free when they received the age of 18 for females and 21 for males.
C. Illinois would not allow any new slaves to enter the territory but would allow slavery to exist in which the offspring of the slaves in Illinois would remain slaves for life.
D. Illinois would allow for the free trade of slaves between its citizens and the citizens of other states but once in Illinois the offspring of the slaves would only be in a state of slavery until the age of 18 for females and 21 for males.

4. Illinois' second governor Edward Coles pushed for:
A. Women's right to vote.
B. The end of slavery in Illinois.
C. Technological advancement in agriculture.
D. Increase of trade between Illinois and the south.

5. This was a labor protest meeting in Chicago that was disrupted by a bomb and ended with the killing of a man by policemen:
A. The Pullman Strike
B. The Panic of 1873
C. The Miner's Strike of 1877
D. The Haymarket Tragedy

6. Under the constitution of 1870 the Illinois General assembly gained the power to:
A. Place an income tax on the citizens.
B. Give Farmers subsidies for overproduction.
C. Create new universities in the State.
D. Pass laws regulating the railroads.

7. Which of the following was a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates across Illinois in 1858?
A. Lincoln won the senatorial seat of Illinois.
B. Douglas won the election but Lincoln earned fame beyond Illinois.
C. Douglas gained fame, which lead him to the presidency in 1860.
D. It brought the issue of slavery in the territories to the forefront of American politics.

8. How were African Americans treated when they moved to Chicago during the great migration?
A. They were segregated from the white population but treated differently than in the South.
B. Chicagoans treated them similar to the way the white population in the South did.
C. They were only allowed to do jobs that they did as slaves.
D. They were forced to change their culture to match that of the citizens of Chicago.

9. The Mormon society in Nauvoo, Illinois differed form other societies in Illinois because:
A. The church and state were not separated.
B. It had no army to protect themselves from Indians.
C. The people intermingled with other religious groups.
D. The economy was based on industry rather that agriculture.

10. Based on the graph above which nationality had the smallest population in these four Illinois cities total?
A. English
B. Irish
C. Swedish
D. Russian

11. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Munn v. Illinois in 1877 had an impact on private property by:
A. Allowing for public control of private property when the property is devoted to the public interest.
B. Giving more authority to the private property holder to manage the property in the owner's best interest.
C. Confusing the citizens about when the public had an interest in private property.
D. Giving all control of private property to the state.

12. Established in Illinois in 1868 the first granger associations pushed for what from the General Assembly:
A. Protection for farmers in the form of subsidies for overproduction.
B. Improvement of the roads that farmers used to bring their crops to market.
C. Restrictions on the rates railroads could charge for shipping grain to elevators.
D. Restrictions on the amount of land that could be used for farming in the state.

13. In 1917 workers on strike at an aluminum ore plant in East St. Louis who lost their jobs to black strike breakers reacted by:
A. Going to other areas and looking for new jobs.
B. Starting racial riots in the city that brought in the National Guard.
C. Appealing to the Union leaders for help in getting them jobs back.
D. Ending the strike and going back to work for the same wages as before.

14. How did many Germans in Illinois react to the United States involvement in WWI?
A. Serving in the armed forces and donating money to the war cause.
B. Protesting the war and moving to Canada.
C. Declaring allegiance to Germany and serving in the German army.
D. Supporting the cause but refusing to serve in the army.

15. At the University of Chicago, physicist Enrico Fermi:
A. Discovered the theory of relativity.
B. Successfully split the atom.
C. Tested the first nuclear weapon.
D. Successfully isolated the quark.

16. African Americans in Chicago who rioted after hearing about the death of Martin Luther King Jr. did so because:
A. They believed that non-violence was the only way they would receive equality.
B. They believed that violence would help to make them unequal.
C. They believed that non-violence did not work and the only way to gain equality was through the use of violence.
D. They rioted because of his assignation but still believed in non-violence.

KEY:1: D, 2: A, 3: B, 4: B, 5: D, 6: D, 7: A, 8: A, 9: A, 10: C, 11: A, 12: C, 13: B, 14: A, 15: B, 16: C

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